[Illustration: Example 31. Fragment of Schumann.]
The cadence-chord occupies the unaccented (2d) beat, and is no longer than any other chord in the phrase. Despite its striking brevity, it is nevertheless a perfect cadence, disguised; it is the tonic chord of C major, with the keynote at top and bottom. See also Ex. 23, No. 1.
The following illustrations come under the head of the disguised cadences seen in Ex. 24:—
